After working as a jingle writer in Japan, this artist studied under Ahmad Jamal at the Berklee College of Music. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this jazz pianist known for making extremely expressive faces while playing. This pianist’s trio was expanded into a quartet to form her namesake Sonicbloom.
ANSWER: Hiromi Uehara [or Uehara Hiromi; accept Hiromi’s Sonicbloom]
[10m] At age 17, Hiromi played with jazz fusion pianist Chick Corea, who used a melody from this piece as the basis for his standard “Spain.” Another musician’s album Sketches of Spain opens with an extended version of this piece’s Adagio second movement.
ANSWER: Concierto de Aranjuez [accept Aranjuez Concerto] (It’s a guitar concerto by Joaquín Rodrigo.)
[10e] The fusion albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew are by this bandleader and trumpeter, who recorded Sketches of Spain shortly after his seminal album Kind of Blue.
ANSWER: Miles Davis [or Miles Dewey Davis III]
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